Operation Quebec

Operation Quebec (21 May 2006) was a military operation carried out by the US Marine Corps in Nineveh Governorate against Iraqi insurgents occupying the town of Sinjar in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. The marines suffered heavy losses and were forced to pull back from Sinjar as a result.

History
The US Marine Corps was dispatched to Sinjar after satellite imagery showed that Iraqi insurgents had occupied a hill near the city of Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan, endangering the United States' Peshmerga allies. The Marines had to attack insurgents positioned at the village at the top of a steep hill, and they came under heavy fire while attempting to assault the village. Out of his squad, Corporal Dale D. Rogers was the last survivor, and he managed to kill several terrorists from his position on a balcony in the town before a militant with an RPG lobbed a shell at his position, killing him. The Americans were eventually forced to withdraw after taking heavy losses from the insurgent forces.